Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-11-22
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THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.
MORE THAN A HUNDRED DROWNED
OFF ENGLAND's COAST.

Tho Dutch steamer scholton, From Rot
terdam, for New York, Struck by the
Rosa Mary aud Sunk Within Sight OF
-.poyer-scenes and Incidents.
LONDON, Nov. 21.--The Netherlands
line steamer w, w. Scholten, which
sailed from Rotterdam for New York
Saturday, CANT into collision at II o'clock
last night with the steamer Rosa Mary,
and sank almost Immediately. The
Scholten had on board passengers and
crew to the Number of $50, and of these
only ninety are known to have been
saved. OF the remaining 140, twenty
two have been landed at Dover, dead,
and fears are entertained that the others
We're also lost. though a few of them may
have been picked up by passing vessels.
AS soon as the news of the disaster
reached Dover, vessels were sent to the
rescue, but 1t does not as yet appear that,
excepting the ninety persons rescued
and brought here by the steamer Edre,
any lives have been saved. The steamer
Rosa Mary Is lying off Ramsgate with
her bows badly stove and her timbers
strained. The heads OF the Scholten's
masts are visible above the water from
the Dover pier. A dense fog pre-
vailed when the collision occurred,
and the Scholten was moving 1T half
speed No warning of the collision was
given, the sudden shock of the contact
on the port bow having been the first in
timatfon 70 the officers of the Dutch
steamer of the proximity of another
uasrpt Tho cfinorc Of Tho Enhnltop -
that the passengers on board the steamer
were In bed, but it is the fact, neverthe-
less, that most Of them rushed upon the
deck In their nightclothes Immediately
after the collision. AS soon as the ex- !
tent of the damage to the vessel was as
certained, the order was given to lower
the boats, The ship carried Eve boats. |
but only two of them were available, the
other three being unseaworthy. The
Two sound boats were lowered, and at
the same time it was reported on deck
that the ship was taking water rapidly,
and mast soon go down. The scenes
which followed this announcement were
terrible beyond description. Shrieks,
prayers. groans and curses mingled with
the hoarse voices of the officers giving
orders, and the cries Of children ~clinging
to their mothers skirts rendered
still more heartrending tho terror
laden shrieks OF the latter. Ths
officers displayed admirable GOODNESS, and
remained on the bridge and at other
points of duty until the last, several of
them, being provided with life belts, re-
muining until the vessel settled. and
leaped into the sea as she went down.
Within twenty minutes after the two
ships came together the Scholtan was at
the bottom of the channel. All of the
passengers and crew who had bsen fortu-
nate enough to procure life belts, floated,
and were picked up by the Edre's boats,
which Cruised around until 4 o'clock In
the morning. There Is scarcely one
among the rescued passengers who does |
not.mourn the loss of a wife, husband. !
brother, sister or child, and in some
acasesS3nly one member of a large family
is found to have been saved. The sur
yivors were supplied with clothing by
the officers and crew of the Edre, as far
rs possible, and additional garments
We're furnished to the unfortunates upon
their arrival at Dover.
There is a considerable discrepancy be.
tween the statements OF the passengers
and those of the officers of the Scholten.
as there Is also between the latter and
the officers of the Rosa Mary. The off,
Gers of the Rosa Mary declare that their
vessel was lying at anchor when struck |
by the Scholten, while the second mata |
OF the latter avows that he was on deck |
when the collision occurred, and saw thu !
Rosa Mary come through the fog. and ,
strike the Scholten In the fore ;
rigging. The captain Of the Rosa Mary ,
corroborates the statement of his officers. !
and stoutly declares the counter-stata. |
ments Of the Scholten's officers to be IN |
correct. The Rosa Mary, he says. was |
anchored just southeast OF Sand Head
when the SchoIten struck her. Finding |
that his vessel was considerable dam |
aged he made Tor Dover roads, where he |
dropped anchor and made suitable pro- !
vision Tor keeping the ship ailoat, being
still unaware Of the full extent Of the In
jury.
The latest statement is that there were
but 2l0 persons on board the Scholten,
which, AZ true, lsayes i32 drowned or
missing. Nearly all of the dead show
evidence Of having experienced great
suffering, and many Of them appear to
have died from other causes than drown-
ing. The Scholten lies four miles of the
admiralty pier. Three masts ara Wis.
able, and as her position Is dangerous to
navigation buoy lights have been placed
over the sunken boat.
tTEI- : 20 49, LM - oh %--
Mr. Moore. a passenger, says: 'tThere
were six English passengers on board the
Scholten. One of them, a girl, asked us
20 keep together SO that the English
might go down together. I was In the
water q long time before being picked
up. The water was at freezir. temper
Rture, and this fact undoubtedly hast
ened the death of many. y
Another passenger says the Storage
passengers became terror stricken, and
ran about the ship in wild confusion.
The captain tried In vain to restore or.
der among them, bnt they were NOT to be
pacified When thv two boats were low
cred these frenzied men and women
rushed for them, and We're, with. great
difficulty. kept from sinking them.
A Passengers Story.
LONDON, Nov. g1.-Mr. George Apple
by. OF ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, a survivor Of
the " a. Scholten, says that among the